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"These cuts and reductions untie perpetrators' hands everywhere, leaving them to do whatever they please. With crises mounting, we cannot afford a human rights system in crisis," he added.

From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026

As a gesture of true camaraderie, they grin and untie their own blue pañuelos and tie these kerchiefs around our necks.

From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025

TSA has often been a crapshoot, risking pileups as travelers pulled laptops from carry-ons and novice vacationers struggled to untie their sneakers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2025

"The person who tied the bell must untie it," he added.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2025

Quickly Kate worked to untie the ladder from her belt—but after the long drag uphill, the knot had grown too tight.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

Under Mr. Cullman’s incisive direction the entire cast unties the emotional knots of the characters with impressive dexterity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026

On her deathbed, she finally unties the ribbon.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2022

Binoche, dancing in front of an air vent, unties a long, thick braid and shakes her black hair loose.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 5, 2019

Tyrion unties them and they just stay put in a dank, dark dungeon?

From New York Times ● May 22, 2016

Mom unties the white apron from around her brown dress and tosses it on her bed, and then takes her hair out of its ponytail.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

But two years after the Supreme Court untied their hands, Grants Pass has not solved homelessness, and things have gone from bad to worse.

From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2026

She and Melissa take it out, and then they realize they have to put it back in so he doesn't know that they're untied.

From Salon ● May 1, 2025

In a scene captured by The Washington Post in 1981, she untied the strings of the small pouch and removed the Tony.

From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2024

James only played 24 and had 17, seven rebounds and nine assists, spending the final quarter in his warm-ups with his Nikes untied.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2023

Nathan untied the knot at the top of the bag and saw elaborate pieces of shiny jewelry.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

He can also get “too friendly,” as Mr. Hartline puts it, untying shoelaces or pulling hair.

From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2023

Mother and daughter enacted a meditative, loose exchange, taking turns carefully tying and untying each other for nearly two hours with the jute rope that is traditionally used in their family’s region of Guadalajara.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2023

But those surveyed by Pew also acknowledged that untying their countries and themselves from China was "not a pragmatic goal" from an economic standpoint.

From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2023

"We're untying our own hands with the update on unfair and deceptive practices," he said.

From Reuters ● Sep. 7, 2022

Mama was looking down; her hands were placed on her belly, to hold the wrapper from untying itself or to keep her bread and tea breakfast down.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie